As a group, evangelicals are drifting further away — politically and culturally — from the American mainstream. There are growing signs that white evangelical Protestantism is no longer immune to the broader social and cultural forces that are reshaping the…
Florida lawmakers consider requiring schools to post ‘In God we trust’
Contending Florida’s school children need closer ties to the state’s foundations, a state House subcommittee unanimously backed a bill to require the posting of the words “In God We Trust” in a “conspicuous place” at all public schools.
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Explore congregational wellbeing at ChurchWorks 2018
By Joshua Speight Churches have personalities, much like individuals. According to Enneagram wisdom, and most psychological work on personality, humans have three centers of functioning: thinking, feeling, doing. Congregations and our communities have similar functions. And, both at the individual…
Translating the N. T. Wright and David Bentley Hart Tussle
The recent New Testament dust-up between big-name scholars reminds us how hard—and important—Bible translation can be.
It started as a joke: Only women could fix the ‘mess in the Middle East’
On an intense weeklong trip through the Holy Land, six rabbis and five ministers, all women, try to figure out a way to make the discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict less toxic.
Pence: U.S. embassy to move to Jerusalem in 2019
Vice President Mike Pence announced that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2019.
Franklin Graham praises Trump as staunch defender of Christianity
Graham, son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham and president of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, appeared on Fox & Friends on Sunday to tout what he believes Trump accomplished during his first year.
Protestant, Muslim, Atheist, Jew: 4 leftist perspectives a year into Trump’s presidency
If Trump has invigorated the swath of conservative religious Americans, he has also galvanized the religious left.
First year of Trump-Pence brings bountiful blessings, religious conservatives say
A year after President Trump moved into the White House, many of the Christian conservatives who helped put him there are counting their blessings.